THORSON v. CONNELLY

No. SC 88594.

248 S.W.3d 592 (2008)

Eleanore THORSON, Appellant, v. Elizabeth CONNELLY, Ronald Palmer, and Betty Palmer, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen K. Paulus, Cuba, for Appellee.

Mark Turley, Daniel L. Birdsong, Rolla, for Respondents.


MICHAEL A. WOLFF, Judge.

The Issue

Eleanore Thorson, grandmother of the late Heather Thorson, filed a wrongful death suit — four days before the statute of limitations expired — on behalf of herself and the other survivors of Heather, purporting to act as plaintiff ad litem under the wrongful death statute. The grandmother, however, did not seek a court appointment as plaintiff ad litem until after the statute of limitations had...

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